I am trying to install on Windows 7 x64 via npm install ref which fails. It seems python is missing. If that is a required dependency, it would be good to mention that in the README.
Some system info:
C:\Users\sbuergel>npm install ref
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> ref@1.3.2 install C:\Users\sbuergel\node_modules\ref
> node-gyp rebuild
C:\Users\sbuergel\node_modules\ref>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\
Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-
gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node rebuild )
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "python" is v3.5.0, which is not support
ed by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & <
3.0.0.
gyp ERR! stack at failPythonVersion (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\np
m\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:119:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node
-gyp\lib\configure.js:108:9
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:742:7)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
gyp ERR! stack at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:1183:11)
gyp ERR! stack at Socket.emit (events.js:107:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Pipe.close (net.js:485:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu
les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\sbuergel\node_modules\ref
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.7
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v2.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs
\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "ref"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm v2.11.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! ref@1.3.2 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the ref@1.3.2 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the ref package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls ref
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\sbuergel\npm-debug.log
I am trying to install on Windows 7 x64 via
npm install ref
which fails. It seems python is missing. If that is a required dependency, it would be good to mention that in the README. Some system info:This is the console output: